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Get a regular ticket. Upgrade yourself to the restaurant car.

The Swiss train restaurant car is one of the great underused pleasures of living here. White tablecloth, Alps outside, cold beer. Nobody knows about it.

Swiss Federal RailwaysAny intercity train

Restaurant · Yeniköy · Istanbul

Raki-balık on the Bosphorus. The holy grail.

Sit outside, order the salad first, drink raki slowly. One of those meals that makes you understand why people love Istanbul.

Arnavutköy RestaurantYeniköy · Istanbul

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Sushi · Pâquis · Geneva

The best sushi in Geneva. You are briefly in Tokyo.

Sit at the bar, order the uni if they have it, drink cold sake. The chef has been doing this a long time. It shows.

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Watch · Rive · Geneva

The luxury watch you can actually buy in Geneva

Jaeger-LeCoultre on Rue du Rhône. Walk in, buy a watch, leave with it. The watchmaker's watchmaker.

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Wine · Carouge · Geneva

The best wine in Geneva, maybe the world

Paul-Henri Soler at the Saturday market. CHF 17. Free tastings. Get there before noon.

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If it contains coriander/cilantro it's an automatic one star and that's just for the look.

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Concert Hall · Plainpalais · Geneva
Walk in and the ceiling will stop you
Victoria Hall

Swimming · Pâquis · Geneva
Don't skip it because it's easy to find
Bains des Pâquis

Wine · Lavaux · Vaud
The best place to actually sit in Lavaux and drink wine
Domaine Saint-Amour

Bar · Yeniköy · Istanbul
Arrive for one drink. Leave hours later.
Pero

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Bar · Cava · El Born · Barcelona

El Xampanyet

El Born · Barcelona

House cava in a one-litre bottle. Anchovies in olive oil. Stand at the bar. This is what you came for.

Photography · iPhone · London

iPhone Panorama, The Wrong Way

W11 · Notting Hill

Move the phone wrong and the camera bends reality. No app, no editing.

Hotel · Wengen · Switzerland

Grand Hotel Belvedere

Wengen · Bernese Oberland

Go to Wengen. Stay at the Belvedere. Stop searching.

Coffee · Café · Geneva

Oh Martine!

Eaux-Vives · Geneva

Specialty coffee, solid cortado, great hot chocolate. The kind of café Geneva needed.

Museum · Free · Geneva

Musée d'Art et d'Histoire

Vieille Ville · Geneva

Free. A Picasso, a Chagall, a giant cow, a bubble you can sit inside, and a beautiful café in the basement.

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Quiz · Geneva

Which Geneva neighbourhood
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Carouge or Champel? Pâquis or Vieille Ville? Seven questions across seven neighbourhoods.

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Quiz · London

Which London neighbourhood
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Notting Hill or Peckham? Hampstead or Shoreditch? Find out where you fit.

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